ARTS | D ICK I N STIT U T E
ART S | D ICK I N STIT U T E
Engagement Project for Young People
Portable art, wearable objects,
jewellery from 1970
THURSDAYS: 2 FEB - 27 APRIL
4PM-6PM · FREE · 16-25 YRS
BOOKING ESSENTIAL
10 sessions (exc school holidays 16 Feb, 6 & 13
SAT 14 JAN - SAT 29 APRIL 2017
Opened in 1901, the Dick Institute is one of the
most important cultural venues in the southwest of Scotland, featuring the largest museum
and galleries in Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire’s
central library.
Featuring a programme of often nationally
important exhibitions, permanent displays
of the museum’s diverse collections and
innovative work by contemporary artists,
makers and young people from the area, the
Dick Institute has a growing reputation for the
quality and scope of its exhibitions and events.
DICK INSTITUTE
ELMBANK AVENUE,
KILMARNOCK KA1 3BU
T: 01563 554343 - GALLERIES/MUSEUM
T: 01563 554300 - LIBRARY
TUE & WED: 10AM-6PM
THU: 1PM-8PM
FRI & SAT: 10AM-4PM
CLOSED 2 & 3 JAN, 14 & 15 APRIL
The Dick Institute is a fully accessible venue
with limited allocated parking to the rear
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A Crafts Council Touring Exhibition of
contemporary jewellery, featuring 98 pieces
of studio jewellery by the most significant
European makers from the last five decades.
Starting with pieces from the most radical
era of modern jewellery making in the 1970s:
the New Jewellery Movement, I AM HERE
tells a story of jewellery and design through
the work held in the collections of Crafts
Council, mima, Galerie Marzee, Gallery S O
and Pangolin London.
Includes work by Susanna Heron, one of
the first jewellers to use Perspex in the early
1970s, a film of an arm piece made of ice by
Naomi Filmer and a bejewelled fur-coated
emperor penguin brooch by Dutch jeweller
Felieke van der Leest.
Other makers include Gijs Bakker, Caroline
Broadhead, Tatty Devine, Gerda Flöckinger,
Karl Fritsch, Rudolf Kocea, Ted Noten,
Dorothea Prühl, Mah Rana, Hans Stofer,
David Watkins and Emmy van Leersum.
This exhibition has been supported by
Creative Scotland.
Crafts Council Collection J243: Dorothy Hogg, brooch,
from the ‘Spirit Level’ Series, 1994, Photo Todd-White Art
Photography
eastayrshireleisure.com
April. Must commit to full 10 week course)
An engagement project for young people
in partnership with National Museums
Scotland. After a visit to the National
Museum of Scotland’s new Art & Design
galleries, participants will attend workshops
at the Dick Institute and work with
practising jewellery design collective O-Pin.
They will learn and experiment with some
of the processes and techniques used
to create the wearable art and portable
objects in the exhibition. Focusing on
alternative materials such as plastics, wood
and paper, participants will be guided
through the design process which will result
in a final piece of jewellery or sculpture
personal to them. These works will be
showcased at the National Museum of
Scotland in Edinburgh.
Suitable for those with an interest in design,
craft and art, and those working towards
further education and portfolio building.
E: Geraldine.Greene@east-ayrshire.gov.uk
or T: 01563 554340 to book.
Crafts Council Collection (top to bottom):
J23k: Susanna Heron, part of ‘Twelve Perspex Multiples’ Series,
1976, Photo Todd-White Art Photography
J78: Brian Glassar, Bracelet, 1975, Photo Todd White Art
Photography
Paul Derrez, Neckpiece, 1985. Photo mima
Crafts Council Collection J283: Nora Fok, Bubblebath,
2001, Nylon thread. Crafts Council Collection,
Photo Heini Schneebeli
eastayrshireleisure.com
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